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Ben Sira 25:14

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14 No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy.
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Ben Sira 25:14 In-Context

13 No wound is as serious as wounded love. No troubles are as serious as the troubles that women cause.
14 No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy.
15 No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.
16 I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.